Guide-eye for shuttles.



I. N. LE VAS SEUR-BELISLE. GUIDE EYE FOR SHUTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.26, I916.

1,222,004 Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

Application filed February 26, 1916. Serial No. 80,555.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. LE VAS- SEIm-BELISLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of lVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guide-Eyes for Shuttles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to loom shuttles and more particularly to the guide eye as used in said shuttles.

The object of my invention is to provide a shuttle guide eye whereby the weft thread, contained on a bobbin 0r cap within said shuttle, may easily and conveniently be passed through said guide eye and also to eliminate the possibility of the operator causing the weft to be carried through said guide eye by vacuum, which is commonly called sucking the shuttle.

Another object in my present invention is to provide a friction in said guide eye to prevent the weft from running too free and also prevent any curling as the weft passes through said guide eye.

lVith these and other objects in View my invention consists in a simple and inexpensive combination and arrangement hereinafter described and more specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown my invention suflicient to enable those skilled in the art to understand the construction and operation thereof.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1, is a plan view of a shuttle having my improvement contained therein.

Fig. 2, is a transverse section through the shuttle and guide eye.

Fig. 3, is a detailed plan view of the guide eye, in this view the friction element is omitted.

Fig. I 4, is a modified construction of guide eye, and,

Fig. 5, is a longitudinal section of the guide eye shown at Fig. 4c.

In the accompanying drawing 10 is the shuttle having a cop or bobbin 11 contained therein, said bobbin 11 having the weft 12 wound thereon.

13 is the guide eye which is, in this instance, cylindrical in contour and of metal, a more specific understanding of which may be had by reference to Letters Patent No. 1,066,824, issued to myself July 8, 1913.

The guide eye as illustrated in my present invention is provided with two openings 14 and 15, in the upper surface thereof, through which is passed a piece of yarn thread 16 or other suitable material which is tied in a suitable manner, the ends being left the required length to engage in the opening 14 through which the weft 12 passes.

At Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a guide eye 17 composed of porcelain or like material which, owing to the inexpensive cost to manufacture may be desirable.

The guide eye 17 is formed with a curved opening 18 extending partially through the length of said guide eye body, said opening terminating at one end of the eye body, the opposite end terminating at the periphery of said eye body.

In the guide eye 17 I have also provided a second opening 18 extending from the periphery of said guide eye body to the opening 18 therein.

A. yarn thread 20 is passed through the openings 18 and 19 and secured as above described.

It will readily be seen that should the operator wish to suck the weft through the eye, that the ends of the tied yarn 16 or 2Q would obstruct the opening 14: and thereby prevent and discourage the operation and practice which it is desired to abolish.

As will be noted by reference to the above mentioned patent, I have provided a spirally coiled wire 21 of such flexibility as to permit of its being inserted in said eye to engage the weft thread whereby said thread may be drawn through said eye.

It will also be seen that the above arrangement will cause friction on the weft as it passed through the eye thereby retarding its progress and also prevent the weft from becoming slack and curled.

Having thus described my invention it will be evident that many changes may be made therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope thereof also I do not wish to be limited to any specific construction or material in construction of the guide eye, but what I claim 1s r In a shuttle, an elongated substantially my hand, in the presence of two subscribing cylindrical guide eye having a plurality of Witnesses. openings therein, W001 or other suitable ma- JOSEPHN LE VASSEURBELISLE terial secured Within said" openings, said 5 material extending into or engaging the Witnesses:

opening through which the Weft passes. ERNEs'r R. LLEWELLYN, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set CHA LES A. PLANTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

: Washington, D. G. 

